# isca
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiska̝/

### Etymology 1

Circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ēsca.

#### Alternative forms

* esca

#### Noun

isca f (plural iscas)
* tinder (dry plants used to light a fire)
** c. 1300, R. Martínez López, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 220:y achou cõ aquel arco hum estormento, et seu esqueyro, et sua ysca, et seu pedernal em elthere he found, together with that bow, a tinderbox, with its lighter, its tinder, and its flint inside it
* bait

##### Derived terms

* chisqueiro
* iscallo
* iscar
* isco
* isqueiro

### Etymology 2

Perhaps from liscar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiska̝/

#### Interjection

isca
* shoo!
    Synonyms: gache, xo

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

isca
* inflection of iscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ysca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ysca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “isca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “isca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “isca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ysca, from Latin ēsca (“bait”), from edō (“to eat”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈis.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈis.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈiʃ.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈis.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈiʃ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -iskɐ, (Portugal) -iʃkɐ
* Hyphenation: is‧ca

#### Noun

isca f (plural iscas)
* (chiefly fishing) bait (substance used in catching fish or other animals)
    Synonyms: ardil, chamariz, cevo, engodo, isco
* (by extension) lure; bait (something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure)
    Synonyms: chamariz, engodo
* (cooking, Portugal, chiefly in the plural) a dish made with very thin slices of liver
* a bite-sized piece of fried meat, usually fish
* tinder; charcloth (combustible material in a tinderbox)

##### Derived terms

* iscar
* isqueiro
* morder a isca

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

isca
* inflection of iscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “isca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “isca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian искам (iskam).

### Verb

a isca (third-person singular present iscă, past participle iscat) 1st conjugation
* to start, to cause